Workout Tips For Hormonal Balance

Having the correct hormone balance is important to get the results we want fast and in less amount of time. If your exercising right and eating clean, but not seeing the results then you might have a hormonal imbalance that is stopping you from achieving the results you want. Our hormones help regulate the proper chemical functions and energy expenditure in the body. So when these are not in the correct levels, then as a result our weight can suffer. Follow these tips:

*SCHEDULE ONLY SHORT 30 MINS WORKOUTS - Fact is that a high aerobic exercise program with a calorie in and calorie out counting approach can fail and does not work for most people, as this type of training can burn muscle and not fat. It is only through fat loss that you have the power to restore a damaged metabolism. Combing specific cardio routines with specific weight strength training moves together in just 30 mins, is enough to work on the hormones in order to improve your fat burning body state rather than being in a constant a fat storing one. Three sessions a week is enough!

*PRACTISE REST - BASED TRAINING - During these 30 mins sessions, it is crucial to include REST periods. If our body is in a regular state of stress on a daily basis, then our stress hormone Cortisol is always high. This is a fat storing hormone. By doing vigorous exercise and long training, you are just putting your body under more stress. When we take the time we need to rest during the workout, the cortisol hormone level comes down and our fat burning hormones (testosterone and human growth hormone) will go up. By resting we are also reducing the chance of injury as we are more likely to keep a proper form and technique throughout the routine and our performance also improves. Like this we train smarter not longer.

*INCLUDE DE-STRESSING ACTIVITIES IN YOUR WEEKLY SCHEDULE - So as I only mentioned 3 thirty minute sessions a week for your training is enough, you must also compliment these sessions with a more gentle approach of activities such as leisure walks, stretching, mediation, yoga, massage and Epsom salt baths on the days you are not training. These activities will help assist in lowering your stress hormone cortisol, again to prevent you from being in a fat storing mode. So do what you enjoy!

*SLEEP - getting enough and the right amount of sleep is crucial to resetting your hormones to work the best way they can for you. We charge our mobile phones to 100% but yet we do not do the same with our own batteries. Sleep is like a hormonal reset button for the body. It is one of the most powerful lifestyle choices we can make. It has been proven in studies that people who sleep well - quality and quantity - are thinner, happier, more energetic and healthier. Staying up late watching TV elevates cortisol levels and stress hormones, which raises blood sugar levels and forces insulin to be released to lower it. Over time the body releases more and more as it no longer has the same effects. This creates a viscous cycle of carbohydrate cravings and elevated insulin and cortisol, resulting in obesity, early ageing and disease.

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